Obama apologises over Koran burning

US: President Barack Obama was forced to
apologise over the burning of Korans at a US airbase in Afghanistan,
where three days of violent protests have killed 14 people,
including two American soldiers. Kabul was bracing Friday for
further anti-US demonstrations that have seen furious Afghans attack
French,

Pakistan too important to turn our back on -Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said
Thursday that Pakistan was too important for Washington to turn its
back on, following ice-breaking talks with her Pakistani
counterpart. Clinton and Hina Rabbani Khar spoke for an hour and a
half on the sidelines of a London conference on Somalia,